The Greatest Adventure (Hardcover)

by Association of Space Explorers (Author), Edward Gibson (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

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What must be reckoned one of the most spectacular space picture books of late contains 160 full-color photographs of everything from Alan Shepard's Redstone rocket ready for launch in 1961 to the repaired Hubble telescope being relaunched in 1993. It also contains some 40 little essays by some 30 members of the Association of Space Explorers, the international astronauts' organization that is now celebrating its tenth anniversary. Some of these contain only conventional one-world and environmental sentiments, while others reflect on the difficulties all space farers have had with their hardware, their health, their ground controls, and one another. But the photographs are so well chosen and well reproduced that they guarantee the book entry into most space collections all by themselves; the essays are just a welcome bonus. Highly recommended. Roland Green --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review
Another publishing triumph in the Space Age. A beautiful book of awe and wonder. Closing the book you are ten feet off the ground and a million miles out in the universe. -- Ray Bradbury --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Mach CNE, Ancorporated (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929823435
• ISBN-13: 978-0929823430
• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 10 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,154,197 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF BEST ALL-TIME BOOKS DONE ON APOLLO/MOON, June 30, 2000

By	anthony j pache jr "tony" (sharpsville, PA United States) - See all my reviews

Ive read over200 books about Project Apollo to the Moon, and I have to rate this book as one of the best ever on moon landings, and all involved with this miraculous adventure of mankind! The book tells just about everything, covers it all about the missions and has many good excerpts from all the great astronauts from past to present! This is one of the few Apollo/Moon books that deserves an extra special place on anyones coffee table!This book deserves not to be merely looked at, but can be read many times over! I do not own it yet, but have read it twice, and cant wait to purchase it! Ed Gibson and The Association Of Space Explorers have done a wonderful job on this fantastic book of just what the title implies: Going to The Moon was in fact, and still is mankinds greatest adventure to this day, and probably will be for many years to come yet!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and Exciting Spaceflight Photographs, February 16, 2003

By	John R. Keller (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Greatest Adventure/Apollo 13 & Other Space Adventures by Those Who Flew Them! (Hardcover)

The Association of Space Explorers is a unique group of individuals whose only requirement for membership is that one has to have journeyed into space. The goal of the ASE is to bring the excitement and wonder of space exploration to the general public. This book, "The Greatest Adventure" is their second book dedicated to this ideal, and is an excellent companion to their first book, "The Home Planet."

This coffee table book presents some of the best photographs taken of the Earth and a few of the Moon by both astronauts and cosmonauts, from the early days of the space race till the mid-1990's when this book was published. Due to the coffee table format of the book, the high resolution, color photographs are extremely impressive. Accompanying these wonderful photographs is a small piece describing each astronaut's voyage and impression of being in space which includes the entire range of astronauts, from commanders, pilots and mission specialists.

New printings of this book are common, so if it is listed as not being in print, check back frequently, because a new print might be out soon.